1995 Thai general election

1995 Thai general election

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All 391 seats in the House of Representatives 196 seats needed for a majority
Registered	37,817,983
Turnout	62.04% ( 0.45pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Banharn Silpa-archa Chuan Leekpai Chavalit Yongchaiyudh Party Chart Thai Democrat New Aspiration Last election 15.76%, 77 seats 21.02%, 79 seats 14.24%, 51 seats Seats won 92 86 57 Seat change 15 7 6 Popular vote 12,630,074 12,325,423 6,806,621 Percentage 22.83% 22.28% 12.30% Swing 7.07pp 1.26pp 1.96 pp   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Chatichai Choonhavan Thaksin Shinawatra Montri Pongpanich Party National Development Palang Dharma Social Action Last election 15.88%, 60 seats 17.96%, 47 seats 4.04%, 22 seats Seats won 53 23 22 Seat change 7 24 Popular vote 6,612,512 4,209,135 2,201,218 Percentage 11.95% 7.61% 3.98% Swing 3.93pp 10.35pp 0.06pp   Seventh party   Leader Amnuay Virawan Party Leading Thai Seats won 18 Popular vote 3,474,142 Percentage 6.28%
Majority of seats won by parties by province       Chart Thai       Democrat       New Aspiration       National Development       Palang Dharma       Social Action       Leading Thai       Solidarity       Seritham  ( th )     No majority
Prime Minister before election Chuan Leekpai Democrat Elected Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa Chart Thai

General elections were held in Thailand on 2 July 1995. The Thai Nation Party emerged as the largest party, winning 92 of the 391 seats. Voter turnout was 62%. ^[1] The prevalence of vote buying in this election was considered one of the highest to date. ^[2]

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Thai Nation Party	12,630,074	22.83	92	+15
	Democrat Party	12,325,423	22.28	86	+7
	New Aspiration Party	6,806,621	12.30	57	+6
	National Development Party	6,612,504	11.95	53	–7
	Palang Dharma Party	4,209,135	7.61	23	–24
	Leading Thai Party  ( th )	3,474,142	6.28	18	New
	Thai Citizen Party	2,476,218	4.48	18	+15
	Social Action Party	2,201,218	3.98	22	0
	Seritham Party  ( th )	1,716,786	3.10	11	+3
	Solidarity Party	1,361,719	2.46	8	0
	Mass Party	1,309,381	2.37	3	–1
	Safeguard Thai Party	195,835	0.35	0	New
Total		55,319,056	100.00	391	+31
Valid votes		22,784,030	97.11
Invalid/blank votes		678,716	2.89
Total votes		23,462,746	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		37,817,983	62.04
Source: Nohlen et al.

Further reading

• William A. Callahan; Duncan McCargo (1996). "Vote-Buying in Thailand's Northeast: The July 1995 General Election". Asian Survey. 36 (4): 376–392. doi:10.2307/2645405. JSTOR   2645405.
• David Murray (1996). "The 1995 National Election in Thailand". Asian Survey. 36: 361–375. doi:10.2307/2645404. JSTOR   2645404.

References

1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p286 ISBN   0-19-924959-8
2. Ruth McVey (2000), "Of Greed and Violence and Other Signs of Progress", Money and Power in Provincial Thailand, NIAS Press, p. 27